reuse
reuse · reuses
повторное использование
Wiederverwendung
The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something…The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.
/ɹiːˈjuːs/
» We reuse our bathwater for washing clothes.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.
Wiederverwendung
повто́рное испо́льзованиеpovtórnoje ispólʹzovanije
(countable, uncountable)The act of using again, or in another place.
Code reuse can save programmers a lot of typing.
Examples
22 sentencesWe reuse our bathwater for washing clothes.
It's not a good idea to reuse passwords.
It isn't a good idea to reuse passwords.
Some people reuse their bathwater for washing their cars.
If it can be reused, we'll try to reuse it.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
act of salvaging or restoring a discarded item to yield something usable:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of salvaging or restoring a discarded item to yield something usable:
Forms
plural: reusesWord family
1 related wordsDerivedadaptive reuse
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable